Fairfax

Meanings

proper noun

A surname transferred from the nickname that was originally a nickname for someone with long fair hair.
Democrats called for investigation, not resignation, after Vanessa Tyson accused Justin Fairfax of sexual assault earlier this week.
2019 February 8, Dan Merica, “Key supporters tell Justin Fairfax to step down after 2nd sexual assault allegation”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2022
The title of a Scottish peerage.
Any of several place names, including:
1. A town in Marin County, California, United States.
2. A town and census-designated place therein, in Franklin County, Vermont.
3. An independent city, the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
4. A town located in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States.
  He was named a reserve deputy sheriff in Fairfax. […] Still, Mollie Burkhart and many others considered him Osage Country's greatest benefactor.
  2021 (originally published 2017, adapted 2021), David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: Adapted for Younger Readers, pages 23-24

English surname, equivalent to fair + fax (sense 1), “beautiful tresses.”

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